The Springboarder: Forty Winks Above

Logging became increasingly important as areas were opened by the Oregon Trail. Among early timber harvesters, the use of "springboards" was fairly common. They were narrow, wooden planks with an iron toe which could be inserted into tree trunks to avoid sap and resin which collected near the base. More than a few loggers became so adept working from their precarious perches, they could spend most of an entire day up there, and some were even known to "catch forty winks" from time to time far above the forest floor.
"Stately as a Lord,And comfortably aboardHis 'home' on the high narrow beam;The lumberjack's life,Lacked, but an elevated Wife,Of whom he'd frequently dream."